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NHL PlayOffs |OT| Keep your hopes up, and your salt on the ice
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This man never lies.
equippedwithtowel
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Shit call and the lack of a call on the Murray high stick was flat out terrible reffing.
Good effort by the Isles
Good effort by the Isles
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Damn.
equippedwithtowel
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If Pittsburgh keeps on playing like this then they aren't long for the playoffs.
Islanders showed some real skill and determination and this series can still go the distance.
The better team on paper.
Islanders showed some real skill and determination and this series can still go the distance.
The better team on paper.
Anyone wishing Tim Thomas shows up next game?
No way it happens but people would freak out.
wsoxfan1214
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Refs favor the Pens again? I for one am shocked.
Takeda Kenshi
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Paul Martin should ALWAYS be on the 1st PP, no fucking questions asked.
Yeah I get that but....will it really make that much a difference? Unless Vlasic and Braun start blowing all their defensive coverage on the Sedins(possible but not probable) it's not like they're going to start lighting it up.
These games are dictated by more than just how the Canucks play :/
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They scored 3 PPG out of 5, while Islanders scored one SHG. Hope the Islanders beat them next time.
ZeroGravity
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I know it usually doesn't get called in OT in the playoffs, but it was a pretty clear-cut hold. If the Isles had killed that off, they probably would have gotten a powerplay as well during the period.
I disagree. That wasn't a hold. Streit played that perfectly.
ZeroGravity
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His free hand was all over Crosby. They would have called that 100% of the time during the regular season.
equippedwithtowel
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The holding call was not actually that bad, not 100% egregious but not non-existent.
The lack of a Murray high stick call on the Grabner breakaway is fucking inexcusable though.
The lack of a Murray high stick call on the Grabner breakaway is fucking inexcusable though.
Would like to see the reaction if Letang did that to Tavares.
I don't know, taking both hands and trying to grab on to a guys shoulder because he has you beat so you push him down, removing a scoring chance, is about as obvious a penalty as I can imagine. Denying a scoring chance 20 feet from the net is pretty much the only non-decapitating-a-guy way to get a penalty in playoff OT.
In fact, I bet we see more OT penalties in future playoffs. At least until the broadcasters get their way and we get playoff shootouts.
Every playoff game on NBC that goes a full OT period is a step towards that hellish future I think.Not to invalidate San Jose, but the series is about the Canucks losing it, than San Jose winning it. It is completely dictated by how the Canucks play. We can play San Jose at their best, and it's still dictated by how much heart the Canucks have as they are masters of their own fate here, no matter how good San Jose plays.
So are we going to have the heart of Rudy or the heart of Vince Vaughn as the 3rd string demoted to prep team quarterback of the Fighting Irish?
ZeroGravity
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They are really nice. Their other ones are so ugly.
I saw him leaning his arm on Crosby's shoulder at the end and using his stick to guide Crosby to the perimeter as Crosby used one arm to push Streit in the stomach. I think that was a bad call. There was no hold.
Hes their #1 dman I think, plus their captain.
Takeda Kenshi
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This is the exact mentality I fucking hate from the Canucks fanbase. Eat shit.
Hahaha, I love the playoffs.
I'm sure it would all of sudden be the correct call for a lot of people here.
Yea...same thing for the Wild too!
Don't be mad, you should be sympathetic, you guys were in the same spot as us for a good part of the last 5+ years. Better than the teams you were playing, but lacked... or unable to bring forth the heart required to win.
Lol then you need to find a replay. Strait had both hands on Crosbys shoulder and had to push him down because Crosby had a step on him and would have been able to walk in on net.
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